《When Frederic Was A Little Lad》歌词

[00:00:00] When Frederic Was A Little Lad - Martyn Green/Darrell Fancourt/Donald Harris

[00:00:06] When Frederic was a little lad

[00:00:08] He proved so brave and daring

[00:00:11] His father thought he'd 'prentice him

[00:00:14] To some career seafaring

[00:00:17] I was alas his nurserymaid

[00:00:20] And so it fell to my lot

[00:00:23] To take and bind the promising boy

[00:00:26] Apprentice to a pilot

[00:00:30] A life not bad for a hardy lad

[00:00:33] Though surely not a high lot

[00:00:35] Though I'm a nurse you might do worse

[00:00:39] Than make your boy a pilot

[00:00:48] I was a stupid nurserymaid

[00:00:50] On breakers always steering

[00:00:54] And I did not catch the word aright

[00:00:57] Through being hard of hearing

[00:01:00] Mistaking my instructions

[00:01:02] Which within my brain did gyrate

[00:01:05] I took and bound this promising boy

[00:01:09] Apprentice to a pirate

[00:01:12] A sad mistake it was to make

[00:01:15] And doom him to a vile lot

[00:01:18] I bound him to a pirate you

[00:01:22] Instead of to a pilot

[00:01:31] I soon found out beyond all doubt

[00:01:34] The scope of this disaster

[00:01:37] But I hadn't the face to return to my place

[00:01:40] And break it to my master

[00:01:43] A nurserymaid is not afraid

[00:01:46] Of what you people call work

[00:01:49] So I made up my mind to go as a kind

[00:01:53] Of piratical maid-of-all-work

[00:01:57] And that is how you find me now

[00:02:00] A member of your shy lot

[00:02:03] Which you wouldn't have found

[00:02:05] Had he been bound

[00:02:07] Apprentice to a pilot